Mumbai: Amid corruption allegations, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh tendered his resignation on Monday after the Bombay High Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe in opposition to the NCP chief.
Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh had alleged that Deshmukh fastened a Rs 100-crore assortment goal for suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Waze.
The Minister posted his resignation on letter in microblogging website Twitter.
— ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) April 5, 2021
Earlier, the Bombay High Court had directed the CBI to start a preliminary inquiry inside 15 days into corruption the allegations Deshmukh. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni dominated that this was an ‘extraordinary’ and ‘unprecedented’ case that warranted an unbiased inquiry.
The High Court, whereas listening to on Dr Jaishri Patil’s plea relating to allegations, acknowledged that Anil Deshmukh is the Home Minister and no neutral probe could be achieved by the police.
On March 20, former Mumbai high cop in his eight-page letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had claimed that Deshmukh is concerned in an enormous corruption ring.
In his letter, Singh had alleged that the Maharashtra Home Minister has set a month-to-month goal of gathering Rs 100 crore from bars and motels within the monetary capital.
However, Deshmukh had refuted all allegations in opposition to him.
